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Costa Rica: Field Research in the Environment, Social Sciences, & Humanities

San José & field sites, Costa Rica

Carlos Roberto Chavarría

Areas of expertise

Protected Areas Management, Community Relations with Biodiversity, Sustainable Tourism

Degrees

B.S. in Forestry, Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica
M.Sc. in Sustainable Tourism, Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica

Potential student research areas

Management of Protected Areas
Local community participation on the management of Buffer Areas
Sustainable tourism, and relation with local communities
Agroecotourism
Design of Biological Corridors

Biography

Carlos was born in Costa Rica. He has been working with Protected Areas and the relation with communities on the Buffer areas, through the implementation of sustainable projects, in Tortuguero, Talamanca, Barbilla, and Sarapiquí. Also has experience working in Wilderness and National Parks in the USA: Yosemite and Rocky Mountain. He has been consultant for the Nature Conservancy and the World Bank. At present, he is the Director of Reserva Biológica Tirimbina.

Costa Rica: Field Research in the Environment, Social Sciences, & Humanities

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My semester in Costa Rica with ACM was hands-down the most exciting, interesting, and formative semester of my college years. In one semester, I absorbed more Spanish, Costa Rican culture, and knowledge of ecology and the scientific process than I knew possible. Personally, I pushed myself out of my comfort zone in the security of the supportive ACM staff and my host family and gained self-confidence and independence while seeking out the adventure I craved. The ACM Costa Rica Field Research Program is unique among Costa Rica study abroad semesters in that they guide you, with the support of a mentor, in an independent research project that has the potential of being published. In my case, I was told that my first-author publication was a deciding factor in my acceptance to graduate school, where I received my Ph.D. in Zoology. It worked out well for me, since it was my experience in this program that fostered my passion to pursue graduate school in the first place.

—Sarah Jane Algar, Costa Rica, Spring 1997

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